Anklänge
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
Stand in dem Wald ein Haus;
So einsam war’s zu sehen,
Dort übern Wald hinaus.
Ein Mädchen saß darinnen
Bei stiller Abendzeit,
Tät seidne Fäden spinnen
Zu ihrem Hochzeitskleid.
Echoes
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
A house stood in the forest;
It looked so lonely there,
Gazing out over the forest.
A girl sat inside
At silent eventide,
Spinning silken threads
For her wedding dress.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Anklänge
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
Echoes
English source:
Richard Stokes
Hoch über stillen Höhen
High over silent heights
Stand in dem Wald ein Haus;
A house stood in the forest;
So einsam war’s zu sehen,
It looked so lonely there,
Dort übern Wald hinaus.
Gazing out over the forest.
Ein Mädchen saß darinnen
A girl sat inside
Bei stiller Abendzeit,
At silent eventide,
Tät seidne Fäden spinnen
Spinning silken threads
Zu ihrem Hochzeitskleid.
For her wedding dress.
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. Brahms has been considered, by his…
Poet
Joseph von Eichendorff
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some…